ligniet

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French lignite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪxˈnit/
• Hyphenation: lig‧niet
• Rhymes: -it

Noun

ligniet n or c (uncountable)

1. lignite, brown coal

   Synonym: bruinkool

Usage notes

• The common gender is obsolete, being mostly found during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
• The specialist distinction between lignite and sub-bitumous coal is generally not made in Dutch.